# Sripathy Ramaswamy > Networking @ Alkira Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/sripathy ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Alkira, Inc. Jan 2020 – Present Multi Cloud Networking ### Principal Engineer @ Innovium Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 ### MTS @ Innovium Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Technical Lead @ Cisco Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Jose, California ### Software Engineer IV @ Cisco Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area ACI forwarding plane ### Software Engineer III @ Cisco Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 Implemented the packet forwarding module for the next generation nexus 2000 asic. The inband driver handles control packets coming into the cpu and hands them of to different applications that need them. Enhanced the inband Driver to support next generation nexus 2000 platform. A virtual PortChannel (vPC) allows links that are physically connected to two different Cisco Nexus 5000 Series devices to appear as a single link to a third device. Implemented the vPC isolation feature. This feature allows a user to isolate one switch in a vPC pair, to enable user to troubleshoot or replace that switch. Provided support and enhanced several components such as ISSU, eth port manager, virtual port channel manager through different release cycles. ### Software Engineer II @ Cisco Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 Ported several platform monitoring user space drivers controlling peripheral devices such as fans/power supplies etc to newer Nexus 2000 platforms. Ported I2C and flash drivers across linux versions. Implemented new linux device tree blob (dtb) and assisted in board bringup for newer Nexus 2000 platforms. Provided support and enhanced several components such as ISSU, eth port manager, virtual port channel manager through different release cycles. ### Software Intern @ C Speed, LLC Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 Designed, Developed, tested and delivered an Ethernet Driver for a Freescale iMX27 board running ThreadX and NetX. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Wipro Technologies India Pvt. Ltd Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 Worked on DMA/FIFO based FireWire drivers on Linux and other OSes for for different platforms. Worked on throughput optimizations. Worked on porting driver to different platforms. Honors:Recognition for contributions to several projects. ## Education ### MS in Computer Engineering Syracuse University ### B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Bharathiar University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sripathy-ramaswamy --- Source: https://flows.cv/sripathy JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sripathy/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-10